Marion Gaskins

Esther 8 New International Version (NIV) 8  That same day King Xerxes gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman,  the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came into the presence of the king, for Esther had told how he was related to her.   2  The king took off his signet ring,  which he had reclaimed from Haman, and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed him over Haman’s estate. 3  Esther again pleaded with the king, falling at his feet and weeping. She begged him to put an end to the evil plan of Haman the Agagite,  which he had devised against the Jews.   4  Then the king extended the gold scepter  to Esther and she arose and stood before him. 5  “If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if he regards me with favor  and thinks it the right thing to do, and if he is pleased with me, let an order be written overruling the dispatches that Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, devised and wrote to destroy the Jews in all the...

Esther 7        New International Version (NIV) " So the king and Haman went to Queen Esther’s banquet,   and as they were drinking wine on the second day, the king again asked, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be granted.” Then Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor with you, Your Majesty, and if it pleases you, grant me my life—this is my petition. And spare my people—this is my request.   For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated. If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would justify disturbing the king. ” King Xerxes asked Queen Esther, “Who is he? Where is he—the man who has dared to do such a thing?” Esther said, “An adversary and enemy! This vile Haman!” Then Haman was terrified before the king and queen. The king got up in a rage, left his wine a...

The Book of Esther  Chapter  5  "On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the palace, in front of the king’s hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the hall, facing the entrance.   When he saw Queen Esther standing in the court, he was pleased with her and held out to her the gold scepter that was in his hand. So Esther approached and touched the tip of the scepter. Then the king asked, “What is it, Queen Esther? What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be given you.” “If it pleases the king,” replied Esther, “let the king, together with Haman, come today to a banquet I have prepared for him.” “Bring Haman at once,” the king said, “so that we may do what Esther asks.” So the king and Haman went to the banquet Esther had prepared.   As they were drinking wine, the king again asked Esther, “Now what is your petition? It will be given you. And what is you...